Working capital, merchant cash advances, equipment financing, term loans, and business lines of credit for Stratford small businesses. From $5,000 CAD to $5,000,000 CAD. Approvals in 24–72 hours for clean files. Population: 33K.
Stratford is a 33K-resident market within Ontario, home to a diverse mix of trades, professional services, hospitality, retail, and logistics operators. Simply Approved Business Loans funds Canadian small businesses with revenue-based underwriting that focuses on real cash flow — not just credit scores or collateral. Stratford owners regularly close working capital, MCA, and equipment files within a week of applying.
Canadian files require 6 months of business bank statements and a valid CRA Business Number. Borrowers across Ontario typically use this capital to bridge slow seasons, fund equipment purchases, expand inventory, or buy out partners.
Underwriting disclaimer: Minimums are a starting point. Every funded Stratford file is fully underwritten — bank-statement analysis, business verification, and a credit inquiry whose type is disclosed before signing.
Most Stratford businesses we fund are solving one of four problems: covering payroll through a receivables gap, buying equipment that pays for itself on the first job, expanding into a second site, or stocking up before a busy season. Because 24–72-hour capital is priced and repaid very differently from a long SBA term, the real work is matching the product to the use — and that's what we do across finance, trades, manufacturing.
Underwriting a Stratford file starts with 6 months of business bank statements, not a credit pull. Steady deposits outweigh a single FICO score — which is exactly why Ontario owners declined by their bank for cash-flow timing still fund with us.
Honest expectations save everyone time. The most common reasons we cannot fund a file:
Underwriting note: Pre-qualification is a soft check. Funded files require full underwriting, including business verification, bank-statement analysis, and a credit inquiry whose type is disclosed before signing. Hard inquiries (when required) report through Equifax Canada or TransUnion Canada.
A Stratford manufacturing contractor with strong AR but slow-paying clients used an invoice line to cover sub-contractor payroll without diluting equity.
A Stratford finance business with $60K CAD in monthly deposits used a 12-month working-capital advance to bridge a slow quarter. Funded in under 48 hours, repaid weekly from gross sales.
A Ontario-based trades owner used an equipment-financing line to add a second location, preserving the working-capital line for inventory and marketing.
Illustrative composites based on common deal structures, not specific customer accounts.
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Underwriting disclaimer: The eligibility checker is a self-reported pre-qualification tool. It does not constitute an offer of credit or a guarantee of approval. Every funded file goes through full underwriting — including bank statement analysis, business verification, and a credit inquiry whose type (soft or hard) is disclosed before you sign. Final terms, rates, and amounts depend on underwriting and the specific lender or program.
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Different uses call for different products. Here's how Stratford owners across manufacturing, tech, finance, and other day-to-day Ontario industries match each program to a specific cash-flow problem.
Stratford manufacturing and tech operators use a merchant cash advance when they need capital in 24 hours and would rather repay through a percentage of daily card and bank deposits than a fixed weekly bill. Slow weeks pull less, busy weeks pull more — well suited to seasonal Ontario businesses with strong card volume.
A business term loan fits Stratford owners financing a one-time, well-scoped project — a build-out, an acquisition, refinancing higher-cost stacked debt — where a fixed weekly payment matched to the project's payback period is what the cash flow can support. Most Ontario term loans we close run 24–60 months.
Stratford agencies, contractors, and finance businesses use a business line of credit to bridge payroll between client AR cycles. You only pay interest on the drawn balance, the line replenishes as you repay, and approval is faster the next time you draw — capital available before you need it, not after.
Stratford finance contractors and tech owners use equipment financing because the asset secures the loan, which usually means lower rates and longer terms than unsecured working capital. $5K CAD–$5M CAD for trucks, kitchen equipment, machinery, or technology — often with the equipment vendor invoice paid directly at funding.
B2B Stratford businesses with slow-paying customers — common in manufacturing and finance subcontracting — use invoice factoring or an invoice line to advance 80–90% of an open receivable on day one. The factor collects from the customer and pays the reserve net of fee. Cash gap closes without taking on a fixed-payment loan.
Stratford owners purchasing or refinancing owner-occupied property use commercial real estate loans for amortizations of 15–25 years and rates well below short-term capital. Common Ontario use cases: buying out a landlord, financing an expansion property, or pulling equity to fund a renovation.
Stratford startups under 12 months in business use personal-credit-based startup funding stacks, equipment financing collateralized by the asset, or 0% intro business credit cards routed through our partners. We're explicit about what's available pre-revenue so no one wastes a hard inquiry on a program they cannot qualify for.
Stratford owners use a working capital loan when the use case is short — payroll, inventory, marketing push, a single large supplier order — and they want a fixed amortization repaid in 6–18 months rather than the variable remittance of an MCA. Approval is revenue-based, so credit in the 500s is workable.
Stratford owners with FICO under 600 still fund routinely against strong bank deposits. We route bad-credit Ontario files to lenders who underwrite primarily on cash flow and time in business, not credit. The cost is higher than prime-credit pricing — we show it side-by-side so the trade-off is clear before signing.
The questions Stratford owners ask most often before applying. Pre-qualification is a soft check; every funded file is fully underwritten before any offer becomes binding.
$5,000 to $25,000,000. Free pre-qualification. No upfront fees. Same-day decisions for clean files.
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